Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-30
GHSEEl AL EAEKETa,
Produce and Pro7iasona.

81. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 29.-Flour-Quiet and
oul. Wheat cash grades quiet but firm OPP
tons; there was bear!sh feeling during the
most of the session, caused by lower markets
e eeWherT, but the decline was irregular and
trading very slow. In the sf.ernoon the feelir &
became st ,onger and there was reaction; May
closed I-l6e below YESTERDAY; No. 2 red cash
8 1z@sic; December Sl75GS2c, closing S2]5c.
| nominal, January sl1sc closing S216c,
nominal; May s5Zsas6 SC, closing osa%c
sustained Futures were lower, declines In
other markets brought on weak feeling and
rec selling resulted. The market was very
irregular, but II 1ctuati5nS ere within small
range: later becama firm, closing 1601sc be'ow
yesterday. Cash 47@47I4c Decemb u 470 i716c,
closing at 4I1sc: January 47bGi74c, closing
mai; May 5ol5 0555sc. closing at 503sc oats
steady and quie. Cash 3124c; May 333Sd332sc,
closing at 1870. Cornmeal q1iet but firm st
s. 6OS2 IS. WHISKY stea iy;at 81 o.. Provisions
at 81 70. Lard,p ime steam nomina. az 81 371a.
Dry salt meats, boxed, shoulders s. 7506 90;
long clear and clear ibis 81 67@7 IS; short
c:eer 500 Bacon, boxed shoulders So so; Ion g
Gear and clear ribs S. 5ci short clear S. 6I14.
Hams steady and unchanged at $40 5J6I2 GO.
Aftsrn on board: Wheat strong; December
s214c; January s21z: nominal; May ,6jac. Corn
finer; December 4714c bid; January 473sc bidi
May 505Sc Oats firm; May S335c, The Mer.
chants Exchange will ADJOURN Friday after
noon until Tuesday morning.
CHICAGO. Ill. Dec. % Markets ON Change
to-day opened dull and uninteresting. The
opening prices were. May wheat s5l4c, May
corn 5i14c, May pork SIS 57h, In the first
hour pork ran up SIS e5 and bic to SIS 52H
and at that figure there were plenty of buyer.
Fiuc: U atoms In May wheat during this hour
we're between s56s5l{c, and May corn ranged
downward from 5i1lc TO 5i7sc.
Later heavy selling of wheat carried May
down to s4a4c but 1t speedily advanced again
to SAC and held steadily around this figure.
The rallying price Of corn wa 3414c, and the
market was Gull and uninseresGiDg. There
were some heavy sales OF lard which carried IL
down from S. SAX to s. 10. Just before the
C ose OF the morning session there was listle
bulge la wheat caused by fee buying on the
part of local traders who have sold themselves
futures closed as folio rs: Whest-Jsn-
May S5Hc. Com December 1870; January
494c; Fe 'ruary 49,sc; .ay t4Hc Mess pork,
per BARREL .nuary SIS 30 May SIS 65. Lard
January 81 10: February 81 80; March s. IS;
May IS I24. Short Iibs-JanusrY 81 10: Feb
,uary 81 81; March 81 So; Nay S. 10. Cash quo
tations were: Flour ancha ged. Whest-No.
red sic. Corn-No. 2. 4s3EG4sl[c. Mess poTE,
per barrel, Sl4 Goals 90. Lard, per lG0pounds,
81 721zG7 IS. Short ribs sides, loose. 81 10 Dry
sailed shoulders, boxed. 50 99a6 co; short
clesr sides, boxed, s. 05aS 10.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2s-Ooffee-spot fair; BIO
steady at lsAci options generally steady
baEe. December Is scale 60; January Is 81
al6 35: Februarv Is 22e16 p. March
is Io6ls %; Apr l6 1915 90; May 16 C5d16 IL.
June IS s5al6 %; July Is 7s0l5 So; aug
Sugar-Raw frmer; fair refining Ice; re-
6aed firm; yellow 55S95l!c; powdered nc:
grsnulsted &c; cubes !14c. Molasses quiet and
unchanged.